Apparatus for conveying rolling packages



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APPARATUS FOB. CONVEYING ROLLING PACKAGES. No. 540,970. Patented June11, 1895.

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EDGAR FRIEDMAN, or DOBBS FERRY, NEW YORK.

APPARATUS FOR CONVEYING ROLLING PACKAGES.

- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 540,970, dated June11, 1895.

Application filed February 14:, 1895. Serial No. 538,344. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: I,

Beit known that I, EDGAR FRIEDMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dobbs Ferry, county of Westchester, State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for ConveyingRolling Packages, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has par'ticularlyin View the provision of apparatus whichwill enable barrels to be conveyed at the same time that they are rolledover in pitching so that the two operations can be carried on at once,and to this end my invention consists in certain apparav tus comprisinga track and means for propelling an article along the same in suchmanner as to permit it to roll while forcing it positively along.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecification, Figure I is a side elevation of my improved conveyer,part being in vertical section. Fig. II is a Figs. III and IV are endviews taken, respectively, at the upper and lower ends. Fig. V isasectional detail view of the track and part of the conveyer.

The conveyermay be inclined as shown or horizontal and may be operatedin either direction. The frame of the conveyer is made up of iron tubing1 having at the higher part suitable braces 2 and supporting part way upa track 3 of angle iron and at top the track 4. of T-iron. The web ofthe T-irou is bolted to the frame of the conveyer and the upper surfaceacts as a track for the small rollers of the carrying chain. Guard rails5 are provided formed of square iron or pipe having perfectly roundedupper surfaces. Two'end less chains 6 are carried by sprocket wheels 7on shafts 8, 9 at opposite ends of the conveyer frame and one of theshafts 8 has suitable means of driving; for example, a hand winch 10.The other shaft is mounted in boxes 11 carried by screws 12 which passthrough suitable threaded sockets (not shown) journaled in'the posts ofthe conveyor frame at the lower end. To obtain sufficient rigidity,these posts may be filled. Adjustment of these screws can be had byturning the screw threaded socket pieces in their supporting collars l4and the chains may thus be kept taut. This adjustment is not illustratedin detail for the reason that it is quite common and well-known.

At suitable distances apart are arranged cross bars or shafts 15 whichare connected to the chains in any preferred manner. The chains may, forexample, be connected to the shafts by being rigidly attached to clips16 which run on bearings 17 on the shafts 15. The spindles 18 of theshafts carry two freely running rollers 19, 20. The latter acts as asupport for the shaft and the carrying chain from the tracks 3, 4.

When a barrel is put in position upon the conveyer, its ends rest uponthe rails 5 and when the chains are driven by the hand winch 10 orotherwise, the barrel may be propelled barrel has reached the other endof the conveyer.

The lower ends of the tracks 4 are extended slightly, as shown at 22, toguide the barrel to place and at the upper ends the tracks may havesuitable holes to receive the hooks of a skid 23.

In returning to the lower end, the shafts and their rollers are carriedby the small rollers 2O resting upon the under track rails 3 as shown inFig. III.

The-track composed of T-iron 4 and guard rail 5 may be used in anyposition, without the conveying apparatus herein described, where atrack or skid is required for sliding packages.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what I claim as newtherein and desire'to secure by Letters Patent:

1. An apparatus for conveying rolling packages comprising suitable railsfor supporting the rolling package, conveying ch ains sprocket wheels,cross-shafts or bars fixed to said chains a suitable distance apart,rollers loosely journaled upon said cross-shafts, a track upon whichsaid rollers operate for supporting the If pitch or any other materialchains and cross-shafts, and abutment rollers also loosely journaledupon said cross-shafts and adapted to serve as rotating abutments forthe rolling packages being conveyed by the chains along the supportingrails, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the supporting frame 2, the guard rails 5 forsupporting the rolling package, the upper track 4, the lower track 3,the sprocket wheels 7 having suitable means of operation, the chains 6supported on the sprocket wheels, the cross-shafts or bars 15 connectedto the chains a suitable distance apart, the supporting rollers 20loosely mounted on the ends of the shafts 15 and running on the tracks 3and 4, and the abutment rollers 19 also loosely journaled on the shafts15 and adapted to-serve as rotating abutments for the rolling packagesbeing conveyed along the supporting rails, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of the supporting frame, the T-iron rails 4 mountedupon the supporting frame and forming tracks, the guard rails 5 mountedupon the T-iron rails, the angle iron rails mounted below the T-ironrails and forming a lower track, suitable conveyer chains supported uponsprocket wheels, crossshafts secured to the chains, and supporting andabutment rollers 20 and 19 mounted upon the shafts, substantially as setforth.

EDGAR FRIEDMAN. Witnesses:

M. V. BIDGOOD, J. GREEN.

